How to start your own Hangout?

From the Hangout home page, make sure your microphone and camera are working properly. Invite other people to your Hangout. For this, you have to enable a live broadcast of your chat (‘Hangouts on Air’). Anyone who wants to join your Hangout must be signed into a Google account in order to participate.

Are Google Hangouts easy to use?

Google Hangouts are a powerful part of the Google+ tool. Everything can be organized, ranging from one-to-one connections to huge virtual chats. ( learn more on google hangouts )

A hangout unifies chats, audio calls, and video meetings across all of your users.

1. Use a Hangout to connect with any community

2. Create video interviews for your blog and online products

3. Provide regular online coaching sessions

4. Hold online meetings

5. Discuss ideas, collaborate, share documents and make decisions

6. Provide great customer support using video chat

7. Hangout parties for fun and add more excitement

8. Primary tool for holding live classes on your topic

9. Great way to meet, discuss progress and problems using Google Docs during your Hangout

Google+ Shoppable Hangout - #ShopTheHangout

Google Hangouts can be the best way to get your feet wet in the Google+ pool. These Hangouts were initially created as a means of easy and fast communication among Google plus users. You may live video-chat with up to 10 friends, use emoji, include videos and photos. The powerful system is very effective and can be easily used by Gmail account holders. It can be used on numerous devices, such as Android, iOS (Apple) and desktop computers.

Google+ Shoppable
Hangout On Air brings together social media and online shopping in an
unprecedented experience. It enables up to 10 people to interact with
each other on a multi-person video chat that is broadcast live to
millions around the web, while also allowing all the viewers to
simultaneously shop, chat and comment.
On this Hangout, designers or retailers can publicly broadcast a
multi-person video chat about their products while customers
simultaneously browse a curated selection of products available for
purchase online, exclusively through the HOA. The Shoppable Hangout will
provide users with a brand new online shopping experience which will be
like shopping Hrithik’s clothing line with him at your side, except
from participants’ living rooms.

Google+ Shoppable
Hangout On Air brings together social media and online shopping in an
unprecedented experience. It enables up to 10 people to interact with
each other on a multi-person video chat that is broadcast live to
millions around the web, while also allowing all the viewers to
simultaneously shop, chat and comment.
On this Hangout, designers or retailers can publicly broadcast a
multi-person video chat about their products while customers
simultaneously browse a curated selection of products available for
purchase online, exclusively through the HOA. The Shoppable Hangout will
provide users with a brand new online shopping experience which will be
like shopping Hrithik’s clothing line with him at your side, except
from participants’ living rooms.

Google+ Shoppable
Hangout On Air brings together social media and online shopping in an
unprecedented experience. It enables up to 10 people to interact with
each other on a multi-person video chat that is broadcast live to
millions around the web, while also allowing all the viewers to
simultaneously shop, chat and comment.
On this Hangout, designers or retailers can publicly broadcast a
multi-person video chat about their products while customers
simultaneously browse a curated selection of products available for
purchase online, exclusively through the HOA. The Shoppable Hangout will
provide users with a brand new online shopping experience which will be
like shopping Hrithik’s clothing line with him at your side, except
from participants’ living rooms.

Google+ Shoppable Hangout On Air brings together social media and online shopping in an unprecedented experience. It enables up to 10 people to interact with each other on a multi-person video chat that is broadcast live to millions around the web, while also allowing all the viewers to simultaneously shop, chat and comment.

On this Hangout, designers or retailers can publicly broadcast a multi-person video chat about their products whilecustomers simultaneously browse and purchase selection of products online, exclusively through the HOA.

The Shoppable Hangout will provide users with a brand new online shopping experience which will be like shopping Hrithik’s clothing line with him at your side, except from participants’ living rooms.

The first shoppable Hangout on Google+ was organized by DVF and Diane von Furstenberg. It comprised of all the advantages of a classic Hangout, with the unique feature of allowing viewers to buy products online from within the Hangout itself. The possibility to adapt this feature for online shopping has been greatly appreciated for online marketing of products.

Best Buy Co. Inc. too hosted a shoppable Google+ Hangout with a group of tech enthusiasts talking about last-minute gift ideas.

According to a latest report, Google will unveil its 'Shoppable Hangout' in India on January 2014. It will allow users to interact with each other and shop online. Google has partnered with e-CommerceMyntra.com and Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan to bring Shoppable Hangout on Google+ to India.

It will be Asia’s first ever ‘Google+ Shoppable Hangout’ on January 20. The event will mark the Asia debut of a new online shopping app for Google+ Hangouts On Air (HOA) platform. Google+ Hangouts offers benefits to merchants who wish to use its live
conferencing capabilities for customer service, product demos, video
blogging, or other uses.

DietKart.com , is also planning to organise similar shoppable hangout for health and fitness enthusiasts in future, it will benefit customers in numerous ways, as users will be able to interact with our expert dieticians and experts on air, and with each other as well.They can also buy various recommended health products and supplements from DietKart. Talks are on and efforts are being made to tie up with leading healthcare experts and dieticians, who will be an important part of hangout.

SO keep watching this blog for further announcement on the same. Till than enjoy hanging on air.